St, Ethelreda's School for Girls has suffered an unfortunate incident when the headmistress, Mrs. Placket, and her unpleasant brother are poisoned at Sunday dinner. The seven teenage students decide to hide the deaths to prevent being sent home to their parents. Then they have to convince the locals that nothing is wrong at the school while the girls try to solve the murder and other mysterious goings on. They manage to hide the truth by dressing one of the girls as Mrs. Placket and spreading the story that her brother has gone to India to aid a sick nephew. Then things begin to go awry. Although somewhat predictable - I figured out the murderer early on - it is a fun story, if unrealistic. The audiobook is read by Jayne Entwhistle who also does the Flavia deLuce series which gave the feel that this book is a Flavia wanna-be.
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